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0.H.TAYLOB. HYDRAULIC AIR COMPRESSING APPARATUS.

Patented July 23, 1895.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE. f

CHARLES HJTAYLOR, OF MONTREAL, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH ROWAT FAIR AND HENRY MILLEN, TRUSTEES, OF SAME PLACE.

HYDRAULIC AIR-COMPRESSING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,412, dated July 23, 1895. App at n filed February 13, 1895- Serial No. 538,302. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES HAVELOCK TAYLOR, of the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydraulic Air-Compressing Systems and Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ex- .act descriptionof the same.

.end thereof, where it is separated from the body of water carrying it.

The invention embodies as novel features, first, an improved open receiving end specially constructed, as hereinafter described, for dividing and introducing the water into the standpipe in a number of separate streams instead of in a single body, as heretofore, and, secondly, in means for creating a whirlpool at the lower end of the stand-pipe in order to establish a better separation of the air from the water.

For full comprehension, however, of the'irivention,reference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like symbols indicate corresponding parts, and wherein' Figure l is a vertical sectional View of my improved apparatus; Fig. 2, an enlarged horizontal section of same on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on line 3 3, Fig. 1,1001;- ing in the direction indicated; Fig. 4c, a detail plan view of a modified form of my device; Fig. 5, a transverse vertical section of same taken on line 5 5, Fig. 4.

a is the stand-pipe or conductor sunk in a well, as formerly, and extending from the timbers of the usual dam formed about the opening of the well downward to a point midway of the height of an expansion chamber or dome b, which is located at the bottom of the well and hasan opening I) in its side with which the lower end of the stand-pipe communicates,

such lower end being cut away obliquely and flattened to 'allowof riveting to such dome. The lower end of the pipe is connected with the side of the dome in such a way as to deliver the water tangentially into the dome, and

greater quantity of air is drawn in and a solid body or column without any central vertical cavity is formed in the stand-pipe, which is not the case where the inflowing body of water simply falls inwardly over'the upper edge of the stand-pipe.

The preferred form of receiver is constructed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, of a short length of cylinder 0 with outer-flared mouthpiece c', which latter has a portion cut out of its side and an inner mouthpiece located centrally of the outer mouthpiece, and preferably constructed of a hollow cone 0 also having a corresponding portion cut out of its side and connected to the outer mouthpiece by strips 0 so that in addition to the annular opening or inlet d, between the outer and inner mouthpieces on the top of the receiver, there is also a side inlet d, leading to the inside mouthpiece or cone 0 This inner mouthpiece acting with the outer one naturally has the effect of causing the body ofwater to enter the stand-pipe in two separate streams, and at the same time the inner mouthpiece tends to guide or direct one body thereof toward the center of the stand-pipe, since water passing through the side inlet d must overflow the edge of the inner mouthpiece and will then follow the outer surface thereof, which, converging as it does to a central point, will guide it to the center.

If preferred, the receiver might be' made, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, Witha series of side inlets e and top inlets f, the sides 9 of each converging centrally, so as to concentrate the body of Water in the stand-pipe.

The movable receiver is supported and rendered adjustable by means of a screw it, passing through an upper cross-timber of the dam, the lower end of the screw being divided into arms h, connected to the inner mouthpiece 0 The air-ducts are in the form of an annular series of vertical tubes 70, the lower ends of which are located opposite the upper inlet of the receiver, being carried by a disk k, which is provided atits center with a screwthreaded collar m, adapted to work on the screw h in order to adjust the ends of the tubes nearer to or farther from the water-inlet, thus havingthe effect of diminishing or increasing the quantity of air drawn in, a suitable handle on being provided on the collar, whereby it can be rotated.

The air when separated passes up the conductor n to the usual tank in the customary manner, and the water is preferably allowed to travel through ports 29 at the base of the dome b and pass from the well at the top, as formerly.

WVhat I claim is as follows:

1. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus having a conductor through which a falling body of water is passed the receiving end of the conductor having side and top inlets for dividing the body of water into a number of separate streams upon entering the conductor for the purpose set forth.

2. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus having'a conductor through which a falling body of water is passed, the receiving end of the conductor having a number of independent inlets and inclined faces for dividing the body of water into a number of separate streams upon entering the conductor and bringing them together within such conductor, for the purpose set forth.

3. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus having a conductor through which a falling body of water is passed and such conductor curved to create a whirlpoolat the lower end thereof for the purpose set forth.

4. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus, having a stand. pipe or conductor, with its upper receiving end adjustable and divided into a number of independent inlets, and an air conductor leading from its loweror delivery end to a tank or receiver, for the purpose 'set forth.

5. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus having a stand pipe or conductor with its receiving end formed to present inner and outer edges, for the water to fall over into the c0nductor, and means for conducting water to the inner edges, for the purpose set forth.

6. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus having a stand pipe or conductor, the receiving end of which is composed of twoinverted cones, one within the other, and the outer one truncated, so as to form an inlet to the stand pipe, each cone havinga portion cut away and the edges, thus formed, of one, connected to the edges, thus formed, of the other, so as to form a lateral passage to the inner cone, for the purpose set forth.

7. Hydraulic air compressing apparatus, having a stand pipe or conductor an expansion chamber to which said stand pipeis connected tangentially, and an air conductor leading from such expansion chamber to a receiver, for the purpose set forth.

Montreal, 31st day of January, 1895.

CHARLES H. TAYLOR. In presence of FRED. J SEARS, Burr. G. KIMBER. 

